Sometime in Winter quarter 2014, I met Julie Pham, VP of Community Engagement and Marketing at WTIA through Edward Jiang from Student RND.
#Winfo hackathon how to#
Compared to last year, this year’s hackathon had five times more participants than last year! With our workshops, we’ve brought in amazing speakers from LinkedIn, If I can, She can and more, to come enlighten our members on how to be a true leader and why gender diversity is important. Through this amazing group of officers, we’ve hosted events from hackathons to career development workshops. And Louisa Fan, Director of Outreach, has experience with hosting events that she’s had plethora of event ideas that are beneficial to our members. Jenny Chen, Director of Public Relations, has a talent to create beautiful event posters and design creative graphics. Vivian Teng, Director of Finance, knows how to keep track and ensure that we keep within our budget. Michelle Le, VP, is an amazing woman who keeps things together with her ideas to ensure that the workplace remains diverse. The goal for 2014 – 2015 year was to host events that would help our members gain confidence and leadership, and to outreach to both new members and well-known tech companies.Īs an organization of five officers, we have some amazing women. Women in Informatics is an undergraduate organization that supports and provides resources for women interested in the tech industry. When I spoke with prospective women that were interested in the major, I noticed that they share a similar trait-a lack of confidence. For my year, we only have about a 30% female ratio in Informatics. I had not gained confidence in myself until I got into my major. As I was growing up, I was not the most confident person. When I got into my major, I didn’t automatically think, “Oh, I should become an officer for an organization.” Becoming an officer for Women in Informatics (Winfo), wasn’t intentional, but rather an opportunity for me to get out of my comfort zone. Not only did it help me find my passion for Product Management, the people in the major were also brilliant and friendly.
When I had the opportunity to take my first Informatics class, Systems Analysis, I immediately fell in love with the major. However, none of the majors I’ve experienced fit me well.
During the first two years of my college career, I tried many introductory classes for science-based majors. I’ve learned that in order to create beautiful technology, we need to take under consideration on what the information structure would be like and how users would naturally interact with it. What is informatics you ask? Informatics is a program that focuses on creating technology that keeps the user in mind. I majored in Informatics with the focus of Human Computer Interaction. I just ended my senior year at the University of Washington, where I studied at the Information School (iSchool). After four years at the University of Washington, I am finally done.
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